Mike Brooks

As Ted "Theodore" Logan awoke one morning from most heinous dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a non-resplendent bug.

Tazz: Really popping those hips.

Thank you so much!

New blogpost! Guess what it's about! www.mikebrooks.co.uk/2026/03/this...

It's fantasy! We need to get it right, or Karl Urban will have the wrong length hair!

This is a self-contained story! (it's a miracle, I can't normally construct a story in less space than a trilogy)

Much appreciated!

What? Don't know what you mean. There's no post there. I can word.

Pre-orders make authors more popular with publishers, not least because it means they have a better idea of how many copies to print! So please buy if you can (with the acknowledgement that the world is on fire), and share around?

Come for the giant wasps, stay for the sapphic romance.

Very decent of you.

It's now available for pre-order everywerhe, and other retailers are of course available! If you're heading to Bookshop dot org and you don't have a particular one in mind then maybe you'd be kind enough to direct it to the Portal Bookshop in York? They're friends, and wonderful people :)

AMERICA! You too can get in on the pre-order love, and may I direct you to the establishment of Barnes & Noble? www.barnesandnoble.com/w/this-is-wh...

This Is Where The Future Bleeds A thrilling adventure packed with laughs, escapes and kick-ass action, about a smart-talking bunch of rogues and dropouts being thrust into an epic quest to save the future and meddle with the destini...

A FANTASY NOVEL? FOR £6.99?! IN THIS ECONOMY???

YES!

If you'd like to pre-order my upcoming fantasy adventure novel THIS IS WHERE THE FUTURE BLEEDS then you can do so NOW and you can do it HERE and I will love you forever (or at least be positively disposed): forbiddenplanet.com/486220-this-...

Came here to make this joke, I salute you for getting there first.

Thank you!

I do not like this gen AI
I do not like what it implies
I do not want it in my art
I do not think it makes you smart
I do not want it in my games
I do not like its goals and aims
I do not want it in my books
I do not like the way it looks
I do not like it, I don't care
I do not want it anywhere

A mother that you love???

These people presumably assume that no sexist man has ever married a woman.

IT’S A DIFFERENT SORT OF PAUSE

Skateboard stop-motion

UK puts emergency brake on study visas for four countries’ nationals Shabana Mahmood says UK’s generosity abused as study visas halted for nationals from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan

Cruelty upon cruelty: Labour is banning would-be students from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan as well as work visas to Afghans.

These announcements often come with Shabana Mahmood smiling. What an achievement.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

i'm taking a brave stance that may get me canceled: there is no reason for the pervert glasses to exist

I had to see this (and hear it in my head), now so do you.

Jesus, and I cannot stress this enough, Christ.

Tactical error: elephants are very unlikely to eat rats, crested or otherwise. Take that, theory of evolution!

Truckers

a gig poster for the gig, with the information included in the post and a picture of Broken Jaw, a punk band.

For anyone interested in my band, we're heading SOUTH (a bit) and playing the Metal Monocle in Leicester on Saturday 28th March, along with Broken Jaw and System of Slaves. Free entry, bands start at 9pm, come along and say hi if you're in the area!

Indefinite Book Club Hiatus Today in “Things that ‘AI’ has ruined”: No, I won’t be able to show up to your book club’s online/offline gathering, and the reason for this is simple: I, and li…

I get asked to show up to book clubs, online and offline. Here is why from now on the answer is always "no." If you think this might have something to do with "AI" ruining yet another thing for everyone, you're absolutely 100% correct.

whatever.scalzi.com/2026/03/03/i...

BREAKING: The UN's nuclear watchdog chief, Rafael Grossi, says inspectors have not found evidence of a coordinated Iranian program to build nuclear weapons, despite Israeli and US claims.
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